The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-04-13
THE BIG STEAL.
Wholesale Arrests of the Pan.
Handle Employees.
AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY,
Their Prosecution to be Pushed-The
Texas Drouth-Arthur's Brio
a-Brac-Other Notes.
The Pan Handle Steal.

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PITrsBuRG. April 12-The wholesale
arrest of employees of the Pan Handle
Railroad, for robbiug freight trains,
continues TO be the engrossing topic
among railroad men and citizens.
Superintendent Taylor's Office was be-.
sieged from early morning by men Ia
search of employment. and many were
given EMPLOYMENT. Tie road is now
| fully equipped, and there is no delay
| in the movement of freight. No arrests
have been reported since last night.
Speaking of the probable conviction of
thsmen now in Jail, Special Agent Rue
said, this morning, that OF the
sixty men now under arrest,
there were not more than one
or, Epossibly, two, who stood any
chance of being shown not guilty. The
| capture of ]. r. Dunlap at Dennison,
Ohio, particularly pleased the detec-
tives. As stated last night he made
confession in which he said the steal
ing had been going on for months He
said he could give the names of all the
men implicated on the Pittsbufg
division Of the Pan Handle, but was
afraid to do so, his language to the
officers being: would give you the
names, but great God! they would kill
me-" There was no organization among
the robbers. Dunlap said, and no
regular plan of work; each crew
worked by itself. Notwithstanding
Dunlap's confession, officers OF the road
still believe that the plunderers were
thoroughly organized and were carry
ing on the robberies under the syste-
matte direction of shrewd leaders.
When a new man entered the
service of the road. if he
was thought to be the right kind of
fellow, he was initiated into the gang
with q rigid oath binding him to
secrecy. A bi was introduced in the
State legislature last night which is in
tended to cover such cases as the rail-
road car robberies brought to light in
this city yesterday. The bill is in the
shape of an amendment to the penal
code. At present there is no specific |
law for breaking open car unless it is |
proved that the car was forced with the |
intent to commit felony.
PIrTsBURG, Pa, April l2.-While rum |
maging through the effects of one of |
the ringleaders of the Pan Handle rob-
bers, this morning, Special Officer Miller
discovered a package containing six
Giant dynamite cartridges. sufficient to
blow up the largest building In town.
The discovery created considerable
alarm, and the cartridges were handled
verv tenderly. Further examination
disclosed lot of fuse and caps; in fact,
all Unnecessary paraphernalia for the
successful firing of the cartridges. I'M
mediately after the finding of the dyna-
mite, an Investigation was begun, the
result of which, however, the detectives
refused to make public. They even de-
clined to give the name of the man in
whose room the stuff was found. Officer
Miller minated that the object of the
mite was known, and that it would
make good reading when the proper
time came for its disclosure.
There was consultation this morn
ing between Assistant District Attorney
Pagan and John E. Hamilton, attorney
for the Pennsylvania Company, in re-
gard to the Indictment and trial of the
prisoners. The trials will be pushed as
speedily as possible. 1t is believed that
3 large number of men will plead guilty
On one or two charges, and thus es-
cape trial on an accumulation of
charges. l.
A number of petty fellows, whose
stealings were trifing, will be dis
charged and told TO leave this part of
the country. The wages Of the men
against whom the charges have been
made have been withheld by the COM
oany, on the ground that the men owe
much more to the company than is due
hem. There is little doubt that the
present exposure will lead to others on
he other roads. Some of these
ire in the Pennsylvania Company's sys-
em, and some in the Baltimore d Ohio.
1t is said the stealing on these other
.oads was not confined to box freights.
the aid of teamsters and
others, large quantities of pig iron and
iron and steel have been
tolen from the cars in Pittsburg, and
n several other cities not far away.
these cases will be worked up soon.